Oxfordian stage
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The Oxfordian stage is the first stage of the Late Jurassic Epoch. It spans the time between 161.2 ± 4 Ma and 155.7 ± 4 Ma (million years ago).
The stage takes its name from the city of Oxford in England.
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[edit] Vertebrate Fauna
[edit] Thalattosuchians
Thalattosuchians of the Oxfordian | ||||
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An opportunistic carnivore that fed on fish, belemnites and other marine animals and possible carrion. Metriorhynchus grew to an average adult length of 3 meters (9.6 feet), although some individuals may have reached lengths rivaling those of large nile crocodiles. |
[edit] Inertebrate Fauna
[edit] Nautiloids
Nautiloids of the Oxfordian | ||||
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[edit] Belemnites
Belemnites of the Oxfordian | ||||
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[edit] References
Jurassic period | ||
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Lower/Early Jurassic | Middle Jurassic | Upper/Late Jurassic |
Hettangian | Sinemurian Pliensbachian | Toarcian |
Aalenian | Bajocian Bathonian | Callovian |
Oxfordian | Kimmeridgian Tithonian |